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ge-déman

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-déman, p. de; pp. ed
To deem, judge, determine, ordain, decree, doom, condemn; jūdĭcāre, decernĕre, sancīre, condenmāre
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  • He wile gedéman dǽda gehwylce

    he will judge each deed,

    • Exon. 15 b; Th. 33, 13
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    • Cri. 525
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  • Ðæt he ǽghwelcne on riht gedémeþ

    that he judge every one righteously,

    • L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 30
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    • Ps. Th. 57, 10
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  • He gedémde úrne Drihten to deáþe

    he condemned our Lord to death,

    • Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 42
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  • Gedémdon [MS. gedémden]

    sanxērunt,

    • Mone B. 1940
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  • Se ðe undóm gedéme

    he who shall doom unjust doom,

    • L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 7
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  • Swá gedémed is

    as is ordained,

    • Exon. 58 a; Th. 207, 26
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    • Ph. 147
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  • He gedémed hæfde ðæt Ceólwulf æfter him cyning wǽre

    successōrem fore Ceoluulfum decrēvisset,

    • Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 1
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    • Cd. 186; Th. 231, 11
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    • Dan. 245
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  • Fýnd syndon eówere gedémed to deáþe

    your enemies are condemned to death,

    • Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 19
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    • Jud. 196
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Etymology
[
Goth. ga-dómjan
.]
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